Furniture.



W. B. HABLAN.

FURNITURE.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR.28, 1912.

Patented Feb. 18, 1913.

WILLIAM B. HABLAN, OF CHURCHVILLE, MARYLAND.

FURNITURE.

Specification of Letters Patent'.

Patented Feb. 18, 1913.

Application filed March 28, 1912. Serial No. 686,880.

To all whom t may concern I Be 1t known that I, l/VILLIAM BEA'r'rr HARLAN citizen of the United States, resid-` ing at hurchville, in the county of Harford and State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Furniture, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to furniture and has special reference to sectional bookcases.

Sectional bookcases have become very popular and are extensively used, .but when the tiers of sections meet at the corner of a room considerable space is lost owing to the fact that the front corners of the bookcase.

'present conditions, but is permitted to accumulate dust and dirt in which disease breeding germs may generate.

It is the object of my invention to provide an article of furniture which will be simple in construct-ion and not expensive. to produce, by which this space may be utilized, and which will harmonize in its appearance with the bookcases between which it is fitted.

A preferred embodiment'of my invention is illustrated in the accompanying draw,- ings, and the invention consists in certain novel features which will be hereinafter fully described and then particularly point* ed out in the claims following the description.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective View of a. structureembodying my invention showing the same as it appears when set up for use. F ig. 2 is a detail sectional perspective view of a portion of the device the spring being partly broken away. Fig. 3 is a detail horizontal section.

l In carrying out -my invention, I provide a casing consisting of inner or back walls 1 arranged at such an angle to each other as will t against the meeting walls of the room and corresponding to the angle formed by the' .said walls. These Walls` 1 may, ofcourse, be formed in continuous members of a height corresponding to that of the most generally employed columns of the side walls.

bookcases but my invention contemplates makin the same in sections corresponding to the ookcase sections. which extend from the front edges of the back walls, at right angles thereto, have the same width as the end walls of the bookcase sections, so that their front edges do not meet but leave an open space, indicated at 3, whereby access may be had tothe interior of the compartment or cupboard formed by A top 4 and a base 5 are also provided which will be finished in a manner to harmonize with the bookcase sections, aga-inst which the device is placed, and present the appearance of a continuation of the said sections. A door or closure will be provided to extend across the. open space 3 between the front edges of the front side walls 2, and this closure may, of course, be of any desired construction. -I prefer, however, to employ the vdoor illustrated in detail in Figs. 2 and 3 as the same furnishes a neat closure for the compartment and economizes space. This door comprises a front or closing member 6 from the upper and lower ends of which project radial arms 7 provided at their inner ends with slots 8 adapted to engage pivot pins 9 secured at the centers of the to t and base 5, as will be readily understoo A lug or stop 10 is provided on each arm 7 and a spring 11 is arranged between the pivot pin 9 and the said lug and supported by the same said spring serving by its expansion to hold the 'beveled side edges 12 of the door in contact with the inner surfaces of the, front side walls 2 of the compartment, thereby effecting an` air tight closure for the front of the same. When it is desired to obtain access to the interior of the compartment, the door is The front walls 2 pushed inwardly acainst the tension of the spring 11, sufficiently to permit the edges o1 the door to clear the front side walls, when the door is swung about the pivotpins, and the door is then swun to either side to the position indicated'by otted lines in Fig. 3, thereby uncovering theopen space 3 so that articles may be p aced in or removed from the compartment or cupboard.

It will be readily seen from the foregoing l description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, that I have provided an exceedingly simple and inexpensive.

closet or compartment, which may be set in the corner of a room between adjacent columns of sectional bookcases and in which canes.

umbrellas, rolled lmaps, or other articles 'may .be conveniently stored. The space,

'heretofore wasted, is by my invention utilized and is occupied in such a manner that the accumulation of dirt and dust therein is p eectually prevented.

- The device maybe made in sections f adapted to be superposed in exactly the same manner as the bookcase sections are assembled, and the doors may be made 1n various standard sizes so as to accommodate columns of different heights or they may be made in sections which may be joined into one structure so that the height of the cupboard, and of the door closing the same, may be made to correspond to the bookcases, as the bookcases are arranged and re-arranged to suit the whims or taste of the owner. I

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, is:

1. The combination with a cupboard hav. ing converging side walls with their front edges spaced apart, a door ,adapted to bridge the space between said side walls, means lfor supporting the said door and permitting the same to swin and means -for holding the said door yie dably in engagement with the said side Walls.

2. In a cupboard, the combination of converging side walls having their front ed spaced apart, a door adapted to bridge t e smce between said edges and enga e the slde wallsz pivot pins within the cup oard,`- 

